Woodworking Tips from Pop…

  Ever since Pop taught me how to read a measuring tape and to build a cabinet, I’ve been hooked on the various forms of architecture that have evolved over the centuries. From the five orders that have fashioned the aesthetics of building from the renaissance, to the mid evil and gothic designs of 15th [...]

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Sometimes I just can’t leave well enough alone. I decided today to include another new category on this site called “The Woodworkers Gallery”. This is where I’ll post, not only my projects but other craftsmen’s as well. These are projects that inspire us and I felt they should be included on this site.
Surfing the internet [...]

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Simplicity is beautiful!
This is Pops comeback whenever a customer tries to get complicated. Not that there’s anything simple about this mantel, it is just simple in the way that all the elements flow naturally together. Now from a craftsmans’ point of view, there’s nothing at all simple about this mantel. It takes a lot of time and [...]

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Another one of our innovative creations is this French inspired mantel.
 
Designed on a scrap block of wood in about 15 minutes during the construction of this home, this master bedroom beauty has enough charm and masculinity for even the most discerning couple. (The block of wood was Pops’ idea)
  This is how easy a lot [...]

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Set in the terrace level of a mountainside home in the Blue Ridge Mountains in north Georgia, this home bar offers scenic views of a water falls and breath taking mountain ranges.
“Shame on me for not capturing these moments” Lesson learned!

However, I do have some good shots of the bar and that’s why we’re here.

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We built this mantel about 3 years ago for a customer in a North GA gated community.
We spent about four to five days building this piece including all the millwork which is manufactured in our shop. The lower mantel stands about six feet high and sits on a 10” hearth bringing it close to [...]

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Some time around 1865, long before old man Brunswick was putting on his bowling shoes, he was swinging a hammer perfecting the first saloon bars.  The bars were  prefabricated mainly with only hand tools, put on a train and shipped to saloons all across the country. What if they forgot something or measured wrong?  (someone got chewed out). I bet they [...]

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